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Residents urge Berwyn to require identification for unmarked vehicles after regional concerns about immigration enforcement
Summary
Speakers in open forum asked the council to direct the Berwyn Police Department to enforce laws requiring visible license plates and agency identification for unmarked vehicles, citing examples from Huntington Park and urging intercity coordination.
Several residents urged the council during open forum to adopt a policy directing Berwyn police to require unmarked vehicles and officers to display clear agency identification and license plates when making enforcement actions.
"When ICE operates in secret, it does two things," said Daniel, a First Ward resident, who urged the council to make it harder for impersonators and to protect residents from secretive enforcement. He cited municipal actions in Huntington Park,…
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